> > However, when I create a new file, it defaults to the Unix > > convention. I would like it to default to the Windows convention, > > but haven't found the magic incantation to do so. Can anyone help > > with this? > > (setq-default buffer-file-coding-system 'iso-8859-1-dos) > > in your ~/.xemacs/init.el is one way to do it. I just got around to trying this. The magic incantation actually turned out to be: (setq-default buffer-file-coding-system 'raw-text-dos) The available coding systems include iso-8859-1, but not iso-8859-1-dos (at least, not on my machine). Still, thanks Adrian, you got me close enough to resolve the problem.